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GEORGE B. CARPENTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TENT.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,659, dated April29, 1890.

I Application tiled January 14, 1890. Serial No. 386,923. [No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tents; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wall-tents, and moreparticularly to the adaptation to such ten ts of an eave-iro11,wl1ichforms a solid bearing for the upper end of the vertical support and asubstantial means 1' or attaching the guy-ropes to the tent.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved tent, partly insection. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cave-iron, and Fig. 3 a

l side view of the cave-iron.

There has heretofore been a practical difficulty in the use of thenecessary vertical supporting-poles in large tents arising 'from thetendency of the pole to tear the canvas. This diiiiculty is overcome bythe use of an eaveiron Aof peculiar form, which supplies a solid socketfor the end of the pole.

In constructing the tent re-enforcing bands or ropes B are secured tothe roof, passing over the ridge, or to the center-pole and eX- tendingto the eaves, where they are made fast in the eye a of the cave-iron A.This eaveiron, which consists of a piece of metal of any desired lengthslightly curved at one end, is provided with the three eyes a, a', andc2, and is securely attached to the roof of the tent by means of agrommet engaging in the eye a. A piece of canvas stitched across theiron obviates any tendency to rotate upon the point of attachment, or itmay be fastened by riveting or stitching with twine. That end of thecave-iron which contains the eye a may be bent downwardly, so that whena cord is used at B it may pass through the eye without crowding thecanvas above it. The guyropes D are secured in the eye a2 and caughtover the stakes CZ in the usual manner. -The supportingpoles C areplaced directly under the cave-iron A, so that the upper end of thepole, which is usually provided with an iron pike, will project throughthe eye (L, and is thus aiforded a substantial bearing. The cords orbands B, irons A, and poles C are placed at the corners of the tent andat such intervals along the sides of the tent as its size may demand. Inall other respects the tent is without novel features.

I claiml. In a wall-tent having cave-supporting poles, the combination,with such poles and the guy-ropes D, of the re-enforcing cords B,extending from theeave to the ridgepole, and the cave-iron A, formingthe connection between the re-entorcing cords and guy-ropes vand restingupon the supporting poles, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a wall-tent having eave-supporting poles, the combination, withsuch poles and the guy-ropes D, of the cave-iron A,consisting of asingle piece of metal having three eyes and forming a means ofattachment between the tent and the guy-ropes and resting upon thesupporting-poles, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEO. B. CARPENTER.

XVitiresscs:

En. BRADLEY, WM. F. BRANsroN.

